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and at the center of the action was grover norquist. norquist had created americans for tax reform, which he turned into the movement's nerve center. once a week, congressional staff, party activists, and rightwing think tankers held strategy sessions in his office. it was norquist who concocted a grand scheme to turn washington into a republican company town by making sure only republicans were hired as lobbyists and lobbyists contributed only to republicans. he dubbed it the k street project, after the lobbyists' main drag downtown. it paved the way for jack abramoff. >> what the republicans need, said norquist, is 50 jack abramoff's. then this becomes a different town. >> they were probably about as inseparable as two political people can get. jack had left washington. he didn't have the day-to-day contact with his networks. so if grover vouched for him, then abramoff was fine. >> abramoff had gone home to los angeles, but returned to washington to work for a prominent firm, which announced his hiring by touting the lobbyist's ties t
and at the center of the action was grover norquist. norquist had created americans for tax reform, which he turned into the movement's nerve center. once a week, congressional staff, party activists, and rightwing think tankers held strategy sessions in his office. it was norquist who concocted a grand scheme to turn washington into a republican company town by making sure only republicans were hired as lobbyists and lobbyists contributed only to republicans. he dubbed it the k street project,...
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when we see how ralph reed nd grover norquist, they were the two other members of the three amigos. they're still out doing their thing. >> but what do we do about it? nothing seems to tame the power of money in politics. >> the only thing that will achieve it is fundamental political reform. and the only way you're going to get that is mass defection from the parties. because the parties simply do not servour interests anymore. >> but the less we pay attention, the morof us who ve , the smaller the base and the number of elites who run those two parties. that's what some of them want. >> that may be, but there is a point where if there is mass public outrage at this, just as there was in the prairies in the 1880's and 1890's, eventually they'll get the message. >> what's your greatest fear? >> my greatest fear is that this ole passsimply cares on. and this country becomes more and more polarized and ungovernable. and we could be faced with a very bad situation, internationally and domestically. >> and what is your greatest hope? >> my greatest hope is that we can govern ourselves a
when we see how ralph reed nd grover norquist, they were the two other members of the three amigos. they're still out doing their thing. >> but what do we do about it? nothing seems to tame the power of money in politics. >> the only thing that will achieve it is fundamental political reform. and the only way you're going to get that is mass defection from the parties. because the parties simply do not servour interests anymore. >> but the less we pay attention, the morof us...
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one is to grover norquist. one is to the constitution of the united states. which one am i going to honor?" and that's the choice they have to make. and you have to be honest about the conversation. because on the tax raising side of it, you know, the argument is, "we're going to tax the multimillionaires." but actually, the proposal is $250,000. it's not millionaires and it's not multimillionaires. and so, there's dishonesty coming from both sides and both sides digging in their heels and saying, you know, "we're just not going to budge." and you can't operate that way. that's why i say they should act as americans, not republicans and democrats. this is not about fixing the problems of the country. it's about the elections of 2014. >> let me play for you an interview that norquist did with politico's mike allen. >> this president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that way. >> okay, well, the republicans also have other leverage: continuing resolutions on spending and the debt ceiling increase. they can give him debt ceiling increas
one is to grover norquist. one is to the constitution of the united states. which one am i going to honor?" and that's the choice they have to make. and you have to be honest about the conversation. because on the tax raising side of it, you know, the argument is, "we're going to tax the multimillionaires." but actually, the proposal is $250,000. it's not millionaires and it's not multimillionaires. and so, there's dishonesty coming from both sides and both sides digging in their...
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it was by the anti-tax ideologue grover norquist. listen to this excerpt. >> we are not auditioning for fearless leader. we don't need a president to tell us what direction to go -- we just need a president to sign this stuff. we don't need someone to think it up or design it. we have a house and a senate. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and the senate so focus on electing the most conservative republican who can win in each house seat, and the most conservative republican who can win in each senate seat. and then pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the united states. >> now, what grover norquist is saying is that it doesn't really matter who the president is. we, the conservatives, the party, being elected in all of these house and senate races will tell the president what to do and all he needs to do is to sign the legislation we pass. is it conceivable to you that they don't want anyone with a vision or cap
it was by the anti-tax ideologue grover norquist. listen to this excerpt. >> we are not auditioning for fearless leader. we don't need a president to tell us what direction to go -- we just need a president to sign this stuff. we don't need someone to think it up or design it. we have a house and a senate. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and the senate so focus on electing the most conservative republican who...
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i mean, would you want to be a republican running in a republican primary where grover norquist comes in and says, this guy must be defeated because he violated the pledge? or he refused to sign the pledge? members of the tea party don't know anything else. that guy's history. we saw during the 2010 campaign these tea party people are capable and perfectly willing to defeat incumbent republicans even at the cost of having that seat go to the democrats. you saw guys like robert bennett in utah who is no liberal by any means. >> the epitome of the conservative stalwart. >> he wasn't conservative enough. so they tossed him out. republicans lost seats in places like colorado and delaware where the tea party people were so insi insistent that these rhino republicans, that stands for republican in name only -- there is nothing worse you can be called, but there are other groups, as well. the club for growth has been extraordinarily important. they ensure that there will always be unlimited financing available to anybody who runs against a rhino, against a tax pledge breaker who are somebody
i mean, would you want to be a republican running in a republican primary where grover norquist comes in and says, this guy must be defeated because he violated the pledge? or he refused to sign the pledge? members of the tea party don't know anything else. that guy's history. we saw during the 2010 campaign these tea party people are capable and perfectly willing to defeat incumbent republicans even at the cost of having that seat go to the democrats. you saw guys like robert bennett in utah...
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now, grover norquist was brilliant in exploiting the psychology of sacredness in making them sign this pledge. even if many of them knew in their heart it was the wrong thing to do, we're so concerned about our poll numbers, we're so concerned about what people think of us, any candidate that said, "no, i'm not going to sign," you can bet norquist was going to hold his feet to the fire. and now they're stuck. and you get that crazy scene in that republican debate, "if you could work out a deal, $10 of spending cuts for every one dollar of tax increases, would you take it?" >> say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10 to 1 as byron said. spending cuts to tax increases. speaker you're already shaking your head. but who on this stage would walk away from that deal? can you raise your hand if you feel so strongly about not raising taxes you'd walk away on the 10 to one deal? >> it's straight out of all the conformity experiments in social psychology. it's -- you don't want to look, you don't want to be the one who stands up and is different. it's a lot of conformity pressure. a lit
now, grover norquist was brilliant in exploiting the psychology of sacredness in making them sign this pledge. even if many of them knew in their heart it was the wrong thing to do, we're so concerned about our poll numbers, we're so concerned about what people think of us, any candidate that said, "no, i'm not going to sign," you can bet norquist was going to hold his feet to the fire. and now they're stuck. and you get that crazy scene in that republican debate, "if you could...